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EYDEN, Leslie William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2208 |
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Enlisted: | 3 November 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Nepowie, Woolumbool, South Australia, 1884 |
Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Nepwoie Model School, Nepowie, Wooumbool, South Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Gunshot wound to the groin, At sea, on board HS Devanha, Greece, 26 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11.Row I, Grave 145 Chaplain E. Raymond officiated, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrogin War Memorial, Pekina War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2208, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
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26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2208, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
3 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2208, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Eliza Fulleylove Eyden of Brown Street, Mitcham, SA; later of Tutt Avenue, Mictcham, SA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal